In the Name of the Children of Aleppo To the Leaders of the Western World :We Respect You No More Hossam ElShazly I choose today to send my message and address my words to the western world: To the citizens of the so-called civilised, developed, and modern countries, which stand silently in the face of the massacre in Aleppo today. What kind of people, and what sort of race of human beings, can eat, sleep and rest, while pictures of beheaded children, slaughtered mothers, and massacred fathers emerge out of Syria today. I choose not to address Arab leaders and their governments, as there is no sense talking to deaf, dead bodies who lost their humanity a long time ago and who breathe lies, corruption and treason at every waking moment. I choose to address those countries and citizens who broadcast, on every TV channel in the western world, talks and speeches about the moral principles they stand for and the human rights they protect. I choose not to …